Toxicity and LD50 levels of the red tide dinoflagellate Heterocapsa circularisquama on juvenile pearl oysters

Aquaculture

Volumn 144, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 149-154

  Nagai, Kiyohito ^a   Matsuyama, Yukihiko ^b   Uchida, Takuji ^b   Yamaguchi, Mineo ^b   Ishimura, Misa ^c   Nishimura, Akifumi ^c   Akamatsu, Shigeru ^a   Honjo, Tsuneo ^d  

^a Pearl Research Laboratory   (Japan)

^b Nansei National Fisheries Research Institute   (Japan)

^c Fisheries Research Institute of Mie   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

bivalve; Heterocapsa circularisquama; lethal effect; pearl oyster; red tide

Indexed keywords

DINOFLAGELLATE; JUVENILES; LETHAL EFFECTS; MASS MORTALITY; OYSTER CULTURE; PEARL OYSTER; RED TIDE; RED TIDES; TOXICITY;

JAPAN, AGO BAY;

BIVALVIA; HETEROCAPSA CIRCULARISQUAMA; HETEROSIGMA AKASHIWO; PINCTADA FUCATA;

EID: 0030426099     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(96)01307-5     Document Type: Article

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